Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/11/20

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Subject: [Leica] If looks could kill...
From: walt at waltjohnson.com (Walt Johnson)
Date: Mon Nov 20 12:59:58 2006
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It's taken 3 years for the military to kill nearly 500,000 in Iraq. 
Perhaps we should have sent cats in first? Bet a lot of Londoners see 
killer cats as a good way to keep bird crap off the Aston Martins.

Frank Dernie wrote:

> Domestic cats kill about 125,000 birds a day in the UK.
>
> On 20 Nov, 2006, at 09:32, Douglas Sharp wrote:
>
>> Right, cats are like sharks with fur - perfect killing machines and  
>> heavily armed (pawed?). The affection shown by a cat is a part of  
>> the conditioning to humans as a consequence of separating a kitten  
>> from its mother before it's had a chance to find out that it's a  
>> really wild animal. The wildness is always just below the cuddly  
>> exterior. Just look at the difference between farm cats and house  cats.
>> Our Posy is a soppy, feline that has never once extended her claws  
>> on us in 9 years, the Shrews and other beasties , both furred and  
>> feathered,which used to live in our garden would tell a completely  
>> different story - if they could.
>> Douglas
>>
>>
>>
>> Frank Dernie wrote:
>>
>>> ????????????
>>> Cats kill things - that is their nature, there is nothing bizarre  
>>> about cats showing aggression, what is bizarre is cats showing  
>>> affection - completely against their nature. Is it affection  anyway 
>>> or due respect to an animal very much bigger and more  powerful than 
>>> themselves?
>>>
>>> On 19 Nov, 2006, at 22:55, Jeffery Smith wrote:
>>>
>>>>  a bizarre show of aggression.
>>>
>>>
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Replies: Reply from hoppyman at bigpond.net.au (G Hopkinson) ([Leica] If looks could kill...)
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